Any Star Wars or Indiana Jones; Army of Darkness; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Clue; Top Secret!; The Princess Bride; Ghostbusters; Aliens. There are others, but these are some that I'll stop and watch if I see they're on TV, even though I own them on DVD/Blu-ray.

John Carpenter's The ThingThey LiveThe Alien Trilogy (Just the first three; I don't even consider Alien: Resurrection to be legitimate to the franchise as it was just a travesty and little more than a unwarranted gore-fest).South Park: Bigger, Louder, and UncutThe Boondock Saints (me and a friend once made a drinking game to go with it)Planet of the Apes (the original)Cloverfield

“You tell yourself to just enjoy the process,” he added. “That whether you succeed or fail, win or lose, it will be fine. You pretend to be Zen. You adopt detachment, and ironic humor, while secretly praying for a miracle.”

The Big LebowskiRaising ArizonaDie HardLion KingWhen Harry Met SallyUHFLife AquaticShall We Dance? (original Japanese version, not the crappy Western remake)NausicaaPorco RossoWings of HonneamiseDark CityBeetlejuiceFace/OffEvil Dead IISecret of NIMHTransformers the Movie (the good one, not the Michael Bay one)Shawshank Redemption

I normally tire of movies pretty quickly because I have an almost photographic memory when it comes to stories. I have tons of movies sitting on my shelf that I haven't watched for years and I remember them as if I watched them yesterday. After seeing the same movie few times, I stop seeing the point of re-watching it, unless I'm showing it to someone.

The few movies that I've watched more then five times was the Star Wars original trilogy. Liked them allot as a kid.

There are allot of good movies on these lists but I haven't watched many of them more than 2-3 times.

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My memory's also good, so I only watch a movie many times because of the visuals and aesthetics, which can evoke the same feelings even if seen many times.

Actually, I find the opposite to usually be true with movies. Your blockbuster films tend to rely on the “wow” factor and after the first viewing, much of that is gone. I have fairly good long term memory and once I've seen the effects and pretty colors once, seeing it again doesn't really do much for me. Instead, I find the emotional response to scenes where all the elements come together perfectly to be far more rewatchable. I can watch Grave of the Fireflies 20 times and still tear up at the end, but the pod race from Episode 1 loses a lot of its charm after the first viewing.

My memory's also good, so I only watch a movie many times because of the visuals and aesthetics, which can evoke the same feelings even if seen many times.

Actually, I find the opposite to usually be true with movies. Your blockbuster films tend to rely on the “wow” factor and after the first viewing, much of that is gone. I have fairly good long term memory and once I've seen the effects and pretty colors once, seeing it again doesn't really do much for me. Instead, I find the emotional response to scenes where all the elements come together perfectly to be far more rewatchable. I can watch Grave of the Fireflies 20 times and still tear up at the end, but the pod race from Episode 1 loses a lot of its charm after the first viewing.

The emotional effect dulls with time and repetition for me though. There's no way I'm as sad the 4th or 5th time in the emotional climaxes of Porco Rosso or or Graveyard of the Fireflies. I still feel, but not as strongly.

So I rewatch for the aesthetics and style too, but also for that happy sense of familiarity that comes from doing again something you enjoy. ^_^-getting back into that familiar old tale again that you liked so much all the other times and still like now. Familiar but also with new surprises as you notice different things when your focus isn't just on the main action anymore.

It's like playing a fave CD and noticing a killer drum section or a beautiful skein of tinkling bells and background choruses that you never really consciously heard before and loving again the way it all fits together as a whole.

I guess I just get taken in more by the emotional value and atmosphere of a film and less by the superficial cosmetics. Visuals don't mean much to me if they don't serve a greater purpose and I really can't sit down and watch a film repeatedly based solely on those principles. If I've seen it, I've seen it. It's like living next to the Grand Canyon. Yeah, it's awe-inspiring for the first week, but eventually it just becomes normal, every day ordinary.

isukunI guess I just get taken in more by the emotional value and atmosphere of a film and less by the superficial cosmetics. Visuals don't mean much to me if they don't serve a greater purpose and I really can't sit down and watch a film repeatedly based solely on those principles.

What about Bladerunner and the original Starwars films? Granted Bladrunner has more to its story, but the original Starwars movies are as shallow as a puddle! Even so they're GREAT to see over and over again just for the costumes, the ships, the sets and the action :)

I watch Tank Girl again and again, and the story in that film is CRAP. But for many of the scenes, the acting, the costumes etc it's worth seeing over and over.

I don't think those aspects are necessarily superficial. A film is usually a massive collaborative project with a lot of different elements. many of them essential- without a lot of them it wouldn't be the project it is.

I don't really care to watch Star Wars over and over again. Really only Empire and Jedi deserve repeated viewings and I cringe at parts of those, as well.

A film is usually a massive collaborative project with a lot of different elements.

Yes, and as I said before, the only films which really hit me are the ones where all of those elements come together in just the right way for me to find entertainment value beyond the first viewing. I can't watch a movie JUST for the visuals or JUST for the acting. Everything needs to be complimentary. That doesn't mean everything has to be “good”, it just has to mesh well together.

Like I said, I rarely see movies more than once but I do enjoy watching them again when I'm showing it to someone who's never seen them before. I like checking out their reaction to the movie and comparing it with my personal experience when I first watched it. I'd give everything for the experience of being inside a cinema during the premier of The Empire Strikes back just to see the reaction of the people when Darth Vader makes his dramatic revealing.

I just remembered one other movie I do enjoy watching over and over again. Nightmare before Christmas. I love the music. I can listen to it again and again. Especially Jack's Lament, Sally's song and their duet together. I saw it on my 11th birthday and it's kinda become my Christmas classic.

I guess I do check out movies with music I like. I've been guilty of checking out the South Park movie a few times.

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